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No. 570,724. ,Patented Nov. 3, 1896;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK VENN, OF MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAN D-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,724, dated November 3, 1896.

Application filed April 16,1896.

T 0 all whom, it muy concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK VENN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Marking the Sizes and Widths of Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This is an improved device for stamping by hand the sizes and widths upon cartons, wrappers, &c., containing boots and shoes, and it isintended to obviate the necessity for using separate stamps for sizes, half -sizes, and widths, thereby saving considerable time in the factory, as well as the expense of numerous stamps.

The invention is intended primarily for use in connection with rubber boots vand shoes, but it is also applicable to boots and shoes made of leather or other material.-

The nature of the invention in detail is fully described below7 and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved stamping device. Fig. 2 is a top view with the case removed, a small portion being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the central frame of the device, and B B the two similar portions constituting the case, joining at b. These two halves of the case are secured to the frame or central support so as to leave considerable space between the opposite sides of said frame and the case in the following manner: Integral lugs or projections B' extend from the two halves B of the case into the recess A' in the rear end of the frame and against the opposite edges of said recess, and screws B" extend into the posts or projections A", extend-V ing from opposite sides of the frame A near its front end.

From the recess A' the frame is bifurcated at C, and through this bifurcation an axle D extends, said axle being centrally recessed on opposite sides at D', so that its portion D" lies within the bifurcation and its outer portions overlap the edges thereof, thus keeping said axle in place. A regulating-screw cl extends into said portion D", as shown in Fig.

Serial No. 587,754. (No model.)

3, the head of said screw resting upon a bridge d', which extends across the recess A' and rests upon the shoulders or ledges C'. Fast on the opposite ends D of the axle are two similar wheels E and E'. These wheels are provided, respectively, with hand-wheels F F', by means of which said wheels are rotated. From the wheels E E', respectively, extend endless ban ds H H,said bands passing around the wheels and thence around arms K K', ex-

tending at right angles from the outer or small end of the frame A. These arms are flattened on their outer sid es, as shown in Fig. l; but the iiat surfaces thus produced are not at right angles with a longitudinal line extending through the device for the purpose below described. Upon the outer surface of the ribbon or band H are placed raised letters, preferably of elastic material, such letters indicating widths of boots and shoes, and

on the band or ribbon H are similarly-placed figures which indicate sizes.

It will readily be seen that by rotating the friction-wheel E by means of the hand-wheel F the ribbon is moved over the surface of the arm' or extension K, while by rotating the wheel E' the band H' is moved over the surface of the arm or extension K'.

In Fig. 2 it will be seen that the number l is on that portion of the band H' which is over the fiat surface of the arm K', while the letter E is similarly situated with relation to the flat surface of the arm K. Hence by applying ink to the said letter and figure the boot or shoe may be stamped at one operation, as being of size l and width E Itis evident that by rotating the Wheels E E' any combination of size and number may be stamped upon the shoe. B y turnin gthe regulating-screw d the axle is moved in the bifurcation C, thus moving the wheels E E', so that all slack may be taken up in the bands.

vThe object of making the surfaces of the arms K K at an angle that is other than a right angle with a line running longitudinally through the device is to enable the operator who grasps the device at the large end to reach up and down, and especially down, toward the table or surface upon which a pile of cartons stand and stamp the highest and lowestones fairly and evenly. It is often necessary to stamp the side or end of the lowest carton at action of the spring Z.

a point close to the table upon which it is placed. It would be diflicult to stamp it at that point next the table evenly if it were not for the inclined surfaces mentioned, by means of which the device can be pressed against the carton close to its lowest edge and still be heldby the hand in a position which is necessarily at a somewhat acute angle with the surface of the carton.

In order to provide for stamping half-sizes, the outer end of the frame, between the arms K K', is bored and counterbored, las shown, and Within the bore L a spring Z is placed, said spring being held normally compressed by the shank I), Whose head P is beveled to correspond With the surfaces K K' and is provided with Jthe raised vfigure L The case 13,Whose forward vend iscut off in order to allow the stamping portion of the frame to eX- -tend beyond it, is also cut away at b' to accommodate the handle Iand pin Rf, the latterextendingfrom the shank Pzthrough a slot S in the frame-A. This slot is substantially of the angle Vshape shown in lthe drawings. Then a half-'size is to be stamped in connection with the size and Width, the pin R `--is placed in the t'longitudinal:portion of .the slot and is held at 'the front end thereof bythe IVfhen in vthat position, the half-size is yiiush'with the number and letter on the ribbons.. When lthe half- 4size i s vnot -to vbe used, `the shank .or fhead P P' is pushed back bythe knob R and the 4pin then moved, :slightly rotating the shank, .into the transverse portion of the slot S and the half-size Vthus drawn iback ont of possible con tact with the surface upon Whichthe size'and ynumber are to be stamped. Elhusanypossible :size or Ahalf-sizeor width maybe stamped upon the shoe-or-carton at a single blow and any combination of size and width stamped by the samedevice, or by movin-g either band so that a blank space is over the beveled surface the'marks on but one band may be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a marking and stamping device of the character described, the frame A; an axle supported by said frame; the Wheels E, E on said axle and on opposite sides of the frame, said Wheels being provided with means for rotating the same; the arms K, K extending from the outer-end of said frame and having their outer surfaces beveled as above described; the width-band IfI extending from the wheel E to and `over the beveled surface of the arm K; and the size-band H extending from the wheel E to -and over the beveled surface of the arm K, substantially as set forth.

In a marking or stamping device of 'the character described, .the frame .A provided with the bore L; the rshank APand head Il Within Asaid bore, said head being 'provided on its outer -end with raised characters indieating halfsizes; a `spring Within #said bore holdingtheshank and head'normally outward :and forward; a pin extending from theshank 'through the frame `and 'adapted to ilock said shank in a .rearward position; Wheels supported on opposite sides of said frame; and bands passing Ifrom said Wheelsoverarmsextending from 'the forward `end .of the fra-me,

lsaid bandsibeing provided with characters indicating sizes and widths, substantially as set forth.

FRANK VENN. Vitnesses HENRY W. WILLIAMS, A. N. BoNNnY. 

